Neil Wallis, the former deputy editor of the News of the World, has
been told he will not face phone hacking charges after nearly two years on
bail.

The Crown Prosecution Service yesterday announced that there was “insufficient
evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction” in relation to Mr Wallis,
who joined the now-defunct Sunday tabloid in 2003.

The 61-year-old wrote on Twitter: “After 21 months of hell for my family, CPS
have just told my solicitors that there will be no prosecution of me.”

Scotland Yard’s bill for its investigation into alleged phone hacking and
related inquiries has now